PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solo Dolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

De Silva
vs
Dolo

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson De Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Solo Dolo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Dolo. Dolo gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice jab there from Dolo.

De Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

De Silva tries for a kimura but Dolo is defending well.
De Silva trying to control the position but Dolo is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dolo is trying to improve his position.
Dolo regains half guard, as De Silva was trying to land strikes.
Dolo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silva wants to stand but Dolo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dolo wants to stand and escape but De Silva is having none of it.
Dolo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Dolo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dolo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as De Silva controls the pace.
De Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Dolo.
De Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dolo's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dolo looking to hit a scissor sweep but De Silva is one step ahead there.
Dolo keeping full guard, as De Silva tries to pass.
De Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dolo is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
De Silva wants to pass the guard but Dolo is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Silva throws a strike but Dolo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Silva looking for a guillotine here but Dolo defends easily.
De Silva is breathing heavily.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

De Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dolo!
Dolo bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
De Silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
De Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dolo is looking to control De Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dolo avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Silva working the head and body with strikes.
De Silva seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Dolo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dolo wants to control but De Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dolo is pressing down on De Silva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Dolo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! De Silva has picked Dolo up and slammed him! Dolo can't keep hold of the triangle and De Silva manages to pass to side control!
Dolo is looking for a sweep.
De Silva working away.
Dolo tries to bench press De Silva off him but De Silva keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anderson De Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dolo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming De Silva to the mat! De Silva manages to get full guard.
De Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Dolo wants to stand but De Silva is controlling his posture from full guard.
Dolo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dolo preventing the sweep.
Dolo looking to sit in guard and control but De Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
De Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dolo working a defensive guard here.
Dolo is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dolo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

De Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dolo is looking to control De Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dolo avoid being mounted?
De Silva trying to control the action but Dolo is working from the bottom.
Dolo manages to get to full guard.
Dolo pulls De Silva in close to his closed guard and prevents De Silva from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dolo is trying to control the position but De Silva postures up.
Dolo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. De Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
De Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Dolo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
De Silva throws a few strikes from the bottom but Dolo takes advantage and mounts!

Dolo goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now De Silva is on top in guard.
De Silva showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Silva lands a couple of digs.
De Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Dolo.
De Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Dolo is retaining full guard.

Dolo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
De Silva scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dolo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Dolo wants to work for an arm triangle but De Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Dolo throwing shots but De Silva is blocking nicely.
Dolo is trying to control the action in half guard but De Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dolo works his way into side control.
De Silva is looking for a sweep.
Dolo trying to control the action but De Silva is working from the bottom.
Dolo in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Solo Dolo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A decent looking body kick lands there for Dolo.
Dolo misses with a takedown attempt

and De Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
De Silva controlling the pace.

Dolo is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but De Silva pulls his head out easily.
De Silva frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
De Silva prevents Dolo from getting the reversal.
Dolo is squirming around, avoiding De Silva's attempts to control the action.
De Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dolo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! De Silva connects with a massive shot to the dome!
De Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dolo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
De Silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dolo hang on?
De Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dolo taking shots to the head.
De Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
De Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Anderson De Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Silva looking to control but Dolo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
De Silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dolo?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva wants to control the pace but Dolo is squirming around nicely.
De Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dolo is squirming around, avoiding De Silva's attempts to control the action.
Dolo working to try and regain half guard.
Dolo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dolo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dolo tries to reverse the position but De Silva maintains control.
Dolo really wants to buck De Silva off and get back to his feet.
Dolo tries to lock up and control but De Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Silva tries to push Dolo's head away but Dolo is holding on tight.
Dolo gets back to half guard.
Dolo manages to get to full guard.
De Silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dolo keeping moving, preventing De Silva from controlling successfully.
De Silva is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Dolo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
De Silva passes Dolo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dolo trying to control here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. De Silva lands a nice short elbow.
De Silva lands with a punch from half guard.
De Silva seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
De Silva is just content to waste time from the top position. Dolo takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
De Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dolo is keeping the position for now.
Dolo trying to keep a closed guard but De Silva is proving a slippery customer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson De Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson De Silva!